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Pfennig 'Vierzipfliger Löwenpfennig'
| Issuer | Habsburg-Laufenburg, Counts of |
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| Year | 1251-1300 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (12th-15th century) |
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| Obverse description | A lion passant to right, depicted in a robust Romanesque style, occupies the central field within a raised beaded or rope border circle. The lion's tail curls prominently upward over its back, and its body is rendered with stylized musculature typical of 13th-century Swiss-Rhenish bracteate and pfennig coinage. The coin's characteristic four-pinched ('vierzipflig') flan is visible at the edges, a hallmark of this regional type. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is typical of this bracteate-influenced pfennig type; the reverse shows only the incuse impression of the obverse design resulting from the single-die hammered striking technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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